widget

noun

Definition of widgetnext
as in gadget
an interesting and often novel device with a practical use manufacturers of all kinds of widgets for the do-it-yourselfer

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“Widget.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/widget. Accessed 29 Mar. 2023.

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